I was watching Jeopardy! tonight and there was a question involving haiku; it reminded me how much I enjoyed haikus in school. I think I'm drawn to their simultaneous complete structure and complete freedom. You must say what you need to say in exactly 5, then 7, then 5 syllables. That's it. But you can say anything within those syllables. I've just always liked the concept. Having read this, you must know what's coming. I think I need to occasionally convey some of my blog thoughts in haiku form. No promises of quality, but it should be fun :-) For example:
shiny summer day
dirty, cluttered car now clean
mission accomplished
LOL Much more fun than "I finally cleaned up my car today", don't you think? Also, it seemed to beg to be written in all lower case. It will be fun to see how much I can pack into seventeen syllables. Hmm... perhaps another:
i beat joe perry
aerosmith guitar hero
sweet! emotional
I think these haikus could be habit-forming.
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